Garo language
E644025
The Garo language is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken primarily by the Garo people of northeastern India and neighboring Bangladesh.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Garo language canonical | 5 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tibeto-Burman language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| belongsToBranch | Bodo–Garo branch of Tibeto-Burman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Bodo language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dimasa language NERFINISHED ⓘ Koch language ⓘ Rabha language ⓘ Tiwa language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
ⓘ
surface form:
Bangladesh
India ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Garo people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Tibeto-Burman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | garo1247 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
A·chik language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
A·we ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Atong (Garo variety)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
A·we Garo NERFINISHED ⓘ Chisak Garo NERFINISHED ⓘ Dual Garo ⓘ Matchi Garo ⓘ Ruga Garo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLiterature |
novels
ⓘ
poetry ⓘ religious texts ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length (in some dialects)
ⓘ
tone ⓘ |
| hasStandardVariety | A·we-based standard ⓘ |
| iso639-3 | grt ⓘ |
| isOfficialLanguageOf | Meghalaya (for Garo-speaking areas, alongside English and Khasi) ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Sino-Tibetan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRegion | Garo Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Assam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bangladesh NERFINISHED ⓘ Meghalaya NERFINISHED ⓘ Tripura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| script | Latin script ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Garo people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Bangladesh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
India ⓘ Northeastern India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Bodo–Garo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectTo | language revitalization efforts ⓘ |
| usedAs | medium of everyday communication among Garo people ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Garo churches for liturgy
ⓘ
Garo literary organizations ⓘ |
| usedIn |
education in Garo-majority areas of Meghalaya
ⓘ
local media in Garo Hills ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.